Chapter Forty-Eight: The Eldest Grandson's Envoy
After the rebellion of the Han King in the second year of Renshou was quelled, Emperor Wen of Sui began to personally review the rules of the music as before after the last holy decree, and he was angry at first glance, because Yang Liang rebelled, mobilized the soldiers and horses at the border pass, and the three Turkic tribes saw an opportunity to take advantage of it, and they were angry at the news of the killing and incursion at the border pass, and he wanted to send troops to wipe out those beasts; In addition, due to the war, many people were displaced, the weak begged along the streets, sold their children and daughters, the strong formed gangs, robbed houses, killed people and set fires, and some people also attacked the state under the banner of revenge for Yang Liang; What's more, some big families colluded with the government to encroach on the land of the original owner in the name of ownerless land, forcing some people to join the slaves, and destroying the policy of equalizing land during the Kaihuang period. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoMoreover, in order to quell Yang Liang's rebellion, most of the money and grain saved by the imperial court were consumed, and in order to recuperate, Emperor Wen had just issued a decree to exempt the state and Guanzhong area from tax for three years, and the income of the imperial court was greatly reduced, but some court officials and family members increased the land rent on the grounds of war losses, and the people sued the government and were framed as Yang Liang's comrades, or locked up or killed. The people had no way to complain but to flee. Therefore, the eunuchs and palace maids who served him were always punished by Emperor Wen for some trivial things, and even the most favored two wives, Chen and Cai, were trembling beside him.
In order to solve the potential crises of these dynasties, in addition to Yang Su, he brought the crown prince Yang Guang, Baiguan and the old ministers of the emperor who had not been in the dynasty for a long time: Gao Xi, Li Delin, He Ruobi and others to discuss.
"Look, you all look, damn Turks, taking advantage of the civil strife in our country, the three Turkic tribes sneaked up on the border of our country, plundering millions of people and livestock, and some people in the Central Plains in the interior raised their banners to rebel in the name of Yang Liang not dying, the people were displaced, and some people also took the opportunity to make a fortune! It doesn't count the wanton annexation of land, and even open gambling games, usury, and buy people to be domestic slaves and prostitutes, and there are even people who occupy the mountain as the king under the banner of Yang Liang is not dead, ascend the throne as the emperor, respect me as the emperor, and organize a rebel army to resist the imperial court, what do you say? Emperor Wen was so angry that he threw all the music on the table at them. Some of the rules were still very strong, and they fell on the heads of some ministers, and the ministers did not dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction.
"Speak! You are talking! Is the court giving you so much money every year to make you pretend to be dumb here? Solvay! You are the head of the hundred officials, and the Juntian Law before the widow ascended the throne was what you suggested to the widow, and now that it is destroyed, you should think of a way! "Historically, in the late Northern Zhou Dynasty, when Yang Jian was still the prime minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the commander-in-chief of the military and political power of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Su Wei saw Yang Jian's ambition and talent, and did not avoid the disaster of copying the family and exterminating the clan to assist Yang Jian, in order to help Yang Jian win the hearts of the people, he offered Yang Jian the good policy of the uniform field system, registered and checked the land of the whole country, found out a lot of terra nullius plus wasteland that could be cultivated, and stipulated that adult males each received 60 acres of open fields, planted grains, and then received 20 acres of Yongye fields, and women each received 40 acres of open fields, and did not give Yongye fields, Slaves and maids grant fields as ordinary people, and the eternal fields do not need to be returned, and the open fields are returned to the state after the death of the cultivator.
The implementation of the Juntian system enabled Yang Jian to quickly disintegrate the opposition forces, and played a great role in stabilizing the hearts of the people for the emperor in the future, but not now, one is due to the internal strife of the dynasty, Emperor Wen's imperial power has been dealt an unprecedented blow, and there are their figures behind the conspiracy of the fall of each prince, if they are not careful, it is easy to cause chaos again, and the second is because of the Turkic invasion, China has been traitors since ancient times, not to mention the turbulent period, there are many careerists, once the internal and external parties collude, the consequences are even more unimaginable.
"Your Majesty, Weichen thought about it for a while, and felt that now for the Turks, he can only appease a little, and he can't send troops, spend some gold and silver, and send envoys to blame, but internally, land annexation has been irreversible, and he can only let local officials reaffirm the law and discipline, and they must not forcibly buy land and population." Su Wei said cautiously. Emperor Wen looked displeased when he heard this.
"Humph! Pacify and appease, the Turks are a group of wolves that are not well raised, when the Northern Qi and the Northern Zhou competed in the past, did they give them less gold and silver? Are there still fewer children of the princess clan who married in the past? Don't you have any other way? Also, did those who fish in troubled waters just let them go? "The people present are all human spirits, so they naturally know what the emperor means, and Su Wei is the first to object.
"Your Majesty, although it is said that the troubled times need to be re-enacted, but now is not the time to ćććććć" Su Wei looked at Emperor Wen's gloomy face, and his voice became lower and lower.
"Do the rest of you have any suggestions?" The hall was very quiet, and Gao Gong and He Ruobi also knew in their hearts that the method Su Wei said was the most suitable now, but because they were supporters of the abolished prince and had been stripped of their authority by Emperor Wen, even if they wanted to support Su Wei, they were afraid of causing Yang Jian to be dissatisfied, so they bowed their heads and kept silent. And many officials in the imperial court have an inextricable relationship with those local families who violate the law and discipline, so naturally they will not help Emperor Wen think of any way, and Emperor Wen set his sights on the crown prince. But he quickly took it back, and Yang Guang also saw his father's helpless gaze, but he couldn't help his father, because he was estranged from his father after Yang Liang's rebellion was quelled, he knew that his father had begun to suspect him, he had not yet ascended the throne of the emperor, his eldest brother was still alive, and he could turn the tables at any time, he had to lurk, so Emperor Wen didn't ask him, and he didn't take the initiative to put forward his opinion.
"Do you have any suitable candidates to envoy the Turks?" Pei Ju came out of the class and played.
"Your Majesty, the minister Pei Ju recommended one person to take on this great responsibility!"
"Speak!"
"The minister recommends the commander of the forbidden army, Sun Sheng!" Hearing the name of Changsun Sheng, Emperor Wen fell into deep thought, the eldest grandson was originally surnamed Yuan, is the royal branch of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Changsun Sheng is the leader of the eldest grandson family, in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Wen has not yet been the emperor when he saw the extraordinaryness of Changsun Sheng, escorting the princess of the daughter to the Turks, during the banquet the Turkic nobles despised the Central Plains, provocative in every way, and then killed two birds with one stone during the hunting with the Turkic nobles to achieve a new grassland legend. And on the way to send off relatives, he drew the mountains and rivers along the way, and the names of the tribes, which made a great contribution to Emperor Wen's counterattack against the Turks, but because Emperor Wen was afraid of his family power and prevented the restoration of the Northern Wei royal family, he deliberately suppressed it, and he has not held an important position for many years. This time Yang Liang rebelled, and his son Changsun Xingbu died in the counterinsurgency, so Emperor Wen has always felt guilty in his heart. I'm trying to make up for my guilt.
"Do you have any opinions?" Emperor Wen thought Yang Guang asked.
"Erchen thinks that the person recommended by Master Pei is extremely suitable! The sons asked for the decree and personally went to the eldest grandson's mansion to deliver the decree to show the solemnity. Yang Guang asked Emperor Wen for instructions.
"No need, Horse Liushu!"
"The son is here."
"Quickly draft the decree, the eldest grandson Xingbu is loyal to the court, and rewards a thousand taels of gold and a hundred brocade horses to pay for the pension; Ordered Changsun Sheng to be the envoy to the Turkic ambassador, this time I will not send a deputy envoy, and grant him the right to arbitrarily make decisions on the spot, and you will personally go to Changsun Mansion to deliver the decree to show the attention of the imperial court, and tell Changsun Sheng that when the envoy is sent three days later, I will lead a hundred civil and military officials to serve wine for him at the north gate to see him off. Liu Shu took the order and left.
Three days later, on his second mission to the Turks, Changsun Sheng looked at the familiar mountains and green trees along the way, and suddenly remembered the young girl he personally escorted back then. She pleaded with him.
"Eldest Sun Sheng, please take me away! I don't want to be a princess anymore, and I don't rarely become a queen of the Turks, I just ask you to let me stay in the Central Plains, I am willing to be your gentle wife, and have children for you, even if I can't become your wife, I can be your concubine, please! ā
"Princess, you are a golden branch and jade leaf, my eldest grandson Sheng is just a martial artist, and he can't afford to climb high, and besides, the holy order is difficult to disobey, the princess can save the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and people, and I hope that the princess will focus on the overall situation." In the future, you will surely go down in history and be admired by all generations. ā
"What does it mean to put the big picture first! What to admire for all eternity! As men, you can't protect your women, but you want us to sacrifice your own happiness to fulfill your deeds. Now everyone knows that Yang Jian is Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows that he wants to harm my father, take away my Yuwen clan's country, and force me to commit to a different race and separate my flesh and blood. Changsun Sheng, I hate you and all of you. I curse you, curse all of you, and one day I will send you to hell. Thinking of the tears on the face of the princess at that time, and then the eyes full of resentment, his heart swelled with a burst of unbearability and sadness, but at the north gate of Chang'an, Yang Jian personally took the lamp for him and said softly in his ear.
"The eldest grandson Aiqing, you lost your beloved son, the widow is very sad, but I still hope that Aiqing will put national affairs first, and the princess of Qianjin has always been the remnant of the previous dynasty, according to reliable information, every time my Dasui is hit by a Turkic military disaster, there are many times she instigates it, you go to Mobei, you must find a way to get rid of her, help the widow get rid of the troubles of the henchmen, and avenge the people of the frontier! After the deed is done, I have my own reward. After finishing speaking, he personally helped him to get on the horse, and led the horse to walk dozens of steps, this honor has never been seen by any minister today, Changsun Sheng said to himself silently.
"Princess Qianjin, in this life, it was my eldest grandson Sheng who pushed you into the abyss of sin and suffering, and in the next life, my eldest grandson Sheng will definitely be a cow and a horse to repay you! Please don't blame me. ā